“Sun Microsystems Inc. is making its Solaris operating system
source code publicly available to developers under its
“community-source license” program in a move apparently aimed at
mimicking the success of Linux.”
“Under the Sun program, developers and users can download
Solaris source code for free and make changes to the operating
system so long as all the changes are reported back to Sun. But
developers will still have to pay license fees to Sun if they
decide to use any Solaris code in commercial products.”
“This means that most users are unlikely to see any
immediate changes in the way they acquire or pay for Solaris
products.“